Most people who love gardening simply plant beautiful flowers, bushes, and vines just because they love playing in rich garden soil. Other people plant beautiful flowers because they want the end result of having wonderful colors and textures in their yard. Another excellent reason to create a beautiful outdoor garden space though, is to have your own personal place to escape from the day-to-day stress of the world. You can actually create a private garden retreat in either the front or backyard of your own, and this is particularly appealing to anyone who lives in a neighborhood where the houses are built too close together.

Creating a private garden space is easier than you might imagine too. All you really need is some fast growing vines, and either a fence or trellis.

If you have an existing fenced in area or yard, you’re already half way there. If you don’t have a fenced area, you’ll need to start by either buying and installing a fence… or putting up some basic trellises. The trellis will need to be secured against something as well, and this article isn’t intended to teach you how to install those. Suffice it to say that you can buy sheets of trellis at almost any hardware or yard and garden store. Those places also tend to sell four by four wooden blocks in long lengths as well.

Burying the four by four poles in the ground at least two feet deep, maybe even putting a bit of concrete into the hole to ensure they’re secure. Space the poles at a distance that matches your trellis sheets. If those are five feet wide for instance, your poles will be buried five feet apart. Then you simply nail or staple the trellish sheets to the wooden poles.

Now once you have either a general fence or a trellis in place, you’ll want to choose your vines. There are many types of vines to choose from. Some will create beautiful flowers, while others simply sport glossy green leaves year round. Some will have different colors during different seasons as well.

Choose vines that will grow fast: Examples include English Ivy, Morning Glory, and Clematis. You’ll want to make sure the vines will grow tall enough for your privacy area. If they only grow three feet for instance, will that provide as much privacy as you’d like? I suggest getting vines that grow at least six feet tall or more.

Next you’ll need to choose how you’d like to plant your vines. A simple way to do this is to just buy several medium to large size pots that will sit next to your fence or trellis. Then just put your new plants or seeds into the pots, and care for them. As they start growing, you may need to “train” them a bit. All this means is putting the creeping vines around the fence or trellis material so the vines start attaching themselves to it and growing up along it.

A more polished way to create your space is to make a small plant bed all the way around the inside of your fence or trellis area. Simply clear one to two feet in front of your fence or trellis. You can make it prettier by putting a garden bed edging on the outside of the cleared dirt area if you’d like. Then add some compost or new potting soil to the cleared dirt area, and add your plants or seeds. Care for them according to instructions, and they’ll soon start growing like wildfire. As the vines begin to lengthen, train them by wrapping them around the fence or trellis. Before you know it they’ll be climbing away on their own, and you’ll have a nice quiet, lush private garden area.